Ministers have been accused of risking child safety after leaked documents showed they are ‘scaling back’ efforts to fight pornography and poor parenting.

Michael Gove’s Education Department spends £2.5 billion a year supporting young people and troubled families.

But The Mail on Sunday has seen a top-level internal memo saying work on the internet safety initiative ‘can be scaled back’ just when it is developing plans championed by David Cameron.

'Scaling back': Ministers have been accused of risking child safety after leaked documents showed they were reducing efforts to fight pornography and poor parenting

Sources fear Ministers would halve the number of civil servants supporting the United Kingdom Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS), the body set up to protect children from online pornography, bullying, grooming and violent video games.